Djokovic ripping his shirt off: Sanctions or not?

Djokovic ripping his shirt off


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MaiDee

Professional
My best freind was a Serb - Dorovic.
I don't think I've ever heard of a Serb or someone with a Serbian connection whose name didn't end in "vic".

Nikola Tesla?

Daniel Nestor, Viktor Troicki, Bojana Jovanovski, Ilija Bozoljac.
Vlade Divac.

Dušan Popov - inspiration for James Bond.
 
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zagor

Bionic Poster
TTW Obsession of how players are celebrating their win never fails to amuse me.

They can all go full opa gangam style dance for what I care, I watch tennis for tennis.

I bet Fingerer agrees with me.

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I disagree, Novak should be banned IMO unless he consults with TW residents before every match and follow their instructions to the letter on how he should celebrate if he wins the match.

Of course, should he beat Fed no instructions are necessary, he just shouldn't celebrate at all and act like a great tragedy has just occurred (and mention that Fed is the GOAT in the presser afterwards).
 

veroniquem

Bionic Poster
Why would it be sanctioned? After a 5 hour epic, a player has a right to express his emotions any way he sees fit (as long asd it's legal of course!)
 

Towser83

G.O.A.T.
If someone just pulled their shirt off cos they're covered in sweat and finally they've won, there would be no problem. Really all he did way pull the shirt off ripping it a bit as he did so. It wasn't a full on wrestler style rip. Don't really see the problem, i think it's the mid match chest beating he could cut down on.
 

JustBob

Hall of Fame
Not only do I encourage shirt ripping but I hope the WTA makes it mandatory.


(Well except for Serena... huh...)
 

CCNM

Hall of Fame
As much as I love watching athletes celebrate after a big win I don't think that they should be ripping their shirts off (men or women).
 

Rocky89

Professional
The shirt ripping/screaming/chest thumping is too much for me.

Nothing wrong with a big celebration, in fact I love an emotional celebration but the shirt ripping is over the top. I get it Djokovic you're the invincible number one, let us all bask in your glory.
 

smoledman

G.O.A.T.
Seeing that the match meant a lot to Novak probably made Stan feel a little better, actually. Imagine if Novak just reacted as if it was just another early round victory...

This. Stan will feel like he's joined the big boys getting that reaction from Novak.
 

Feather

Legend
You want class? What about Nadal Vamosing every error an opponent makes. Federer yelling at the crowd... The list goes on.

I never said those things are class. I feel that ripping the shirt is disgusting and that's just my view. However, I do feel that Djokovic is the best when it comes to losing. He shows real class when he loses. Djokovic is never a sore loser. This shirt ripping is different
 

smoledman

G.O.A.T.
Federer only yelled at that woman 1 time last year, he never did it before. Nadal VAMOSes on every single UFE since he was 18.
 

Fedex

Legend
Nikola Tesla?

Daniel Nestor, Viktor Troicki, Bojana Jovanovski, Ilija Bozoljac.
Vlade Divac.

Dušan Popov - inspiration for James Bond.

Troicki is of Russian/Serb decent. We know Troicki is obviously not a Serb name and not every Serb is going to have a Serb father.
My point is that there seems to be none or very few Serb names ending without Vic.
Think of Scottish names as an example.
You have MacDonald, MacKenzie, Morrison, Campbell, Stewart, Paterson, Buchanan, Drummond and so on. Sure there's a lot of Mac's meaning son of in Scottish Gaelic but there's also plenty others.
 

Tafmatch

Rookie
It's classless and disgusting but that's the way Djoko celebrates. He's a clown.

But a penalty/sanction would be rid.
 
Sanction, no.
Classless? In Djokovic's case?
Well...
When Andrew Ilie did it, it was funny.
When Goran did it, it was cool.
If Federer ever does it (and he will not), it will be considered masterful.
IF Rafa ever does it, it will be Guido-ish, but strrangely humble.
If Roddick ever did it, it would be arrogant and ugly. Same goes for Becker.
If Todd Martin did it, he'd totally get away with it, in a Fred MacMurray way.
If Serena did it, it'd be gangsta....or ghetto or whatever.
If Guga Kuerten or Pat Rafter ever did it, it would be considered pure joy pouring out of a champion's soul.

So, it's really not the shirtlessness. It's the ***** inside the shirt.
 

xan

Hall of Fame
But wouldn't life be boring if everyone was the same.
It's just the way he is and the background macho culture he's from.
The Serbs are ultra patriotic and proud.

people dont realize that. they try to put themselves in his shoes and explain what would they do and how would they act.
well guess what, you are not.
 

Rocky89

Professional
Sanction, no.
Classless? In Djokovic's case?
Well...
When Andrew Ilie did it, it was funny.
When Goran did it, it was cool.
If Federer ever does it (and he will not), it will be considered masterful.
IF Rafa ever does it, it will be Guido-ish, but strrangely humble.
If Roddick ever did it, it would be arrogant and ugly. Same goes for Becker.
If Todd Martin did it, he'd totally get away with it, in a Fred MacMurray way.
If Serena did it, it'd be gangsta....or ghetto or whatever.
If Guga Kuerten or Pat Rafter ever did it, it would be considered pure joy pouring out of a champion's soul.

So, it's really not the shirtlessness. It's the ***** inside the shirt.

If Rafa did that, this place would look like this...

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MaiDee

Professional
Troicki is of Russian/Serb decent. We know Troicki is obviously not a Serb name and not every Serb is going to have a Serb father.
My point is that there seems to be none or very few Serb names ending without Vic.
Think of Scottish names as an example.
You have MacDonald, MacKenzie, Morrison, Campbell, Stewart, Paterson, Buchanan, Drummond and so on. Sure there's a lot of Mac's meaning son of in Scottish Gaelic but there's also plenty others.

2/3 Serb names ending with ić. 1/3 is without ić.
 

Fedex

Legend
Really? There are a few Serbian guys on tour with names that don't end in "ic"

Like Viktor Troicki and Ilija Bozoljac.

Troicki has some Russian decent. Troicki is a Russian name.
I mean would you say Mo Farah is a British name but he's British.
 

PSNELKE

Legend
Well he's a maniac, that's no secret.
Doesn't really bother me, though I don't know why he's ripping his shirt off.
It's not like he has a badass body. For a 6ft2 guy He looks rather anorexic to me.
 

smoledman

G.O.A.T.
Well he's a maniac, that's no secret.
Doesn't really bother me, though I don't know why he's ripping his shirt off.
It's not like he has a badass body. For a 6ft2 guy He looks rather anorexic to me.

Djokovic has the perfect build for tennis.
 

veroniquem

Bionic Poster
Can people stop abusing the word "anorexic"? That refers to a person who is morbidly skinny. Djoko is both slim and muscular, which is perfect for an athlete. There is a difference between not being fat and being skin and bones.
 

TheF1Bob

Banned
Can people stop abusing the word "anorexic"? That refers to a person who is morbidly skinny. Djoko is both slim and muscular, which is perfect for an athlete. There is a difference between not being fat and being skin and bones.

Yeah, if you want anorexic, watch Anne Hathaway in Les Miserables.

So thin. :(
 
Can people stop abusing the word "anorexic"? That refers to a person who is morbidly skinny. Djoko is both slim and muscular, which is perfect for an athlete. There is a difference between not being fat and being skin and bones.

Sorry, it was bothering me. Slim and muscular is ideal for tennis. Not many other sports want slim and muscular. Examples: football, hockey, basketball, baseball, rugby etc. lets be real here. Kobe, lebron, Brady, megaton, Mauer, Crosby all dominate their sports and are not slim and muscular.
 
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nikdom

Guest
Sanction him for making me want to gag. This guy is such a classless ape that I cannot believe he has fans. He is disgusting in every possible way there is.

It was pretty classless. I think Stan should have gone over and punched Novak. But the tennis authorities have no balls, they'd never do anything.

Oh look how the Nadal fans doth protest!

There was a time when they said there's nothing wrong with Nadal's fist pumping and glaring.
 
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nikdom

Guest
I don't care about other sports, Djokovic has the most perfect tennis physique in history.

I agree. I've always thought a more leaner physique is best suited for tennis. Djokovic is lean yet strong.
 

Fedex

Legend
Ah Gotcha, man. You see I don't know anything about name origins so excuse my post.

I'm not sure myself.
Someone mentioned that two thirds of Serbian names end in VIC.
I thought it would be more but I'm wondering if a lot of the non VIC names are due to Serbs with non Serb fathers so not proper Serb names.
Any Serbs out there can help?
 

West Coast Ace

G.O.A.T.
Ripping your shirt off will get you a yellow card in football (soccer).
So a sport that celebrates diving and handballs (not to mention another set of rules for one crotchety old manager with 'Sir' in front of his name) should be the moral compass for tennis? LOL!

Novak's celebrations are sincere. No animals are hurt. Don't like it, turn away or change channels.
 

Fay

Professional
I guess if he paid for the shirt he can do whatever he wants within reason after the match is over, as long as he is civil about shaking hands. My only thought was I wonder what the sponsors think about treating their clothing like that. It sort of reminds me of someone smashing a racquet, altho the shirt doesn't cost as much. It would never occur to me to rip clothing after a win. I kinda like the dropping on the ground or the fist pumps, etc. The women scream enough they can save that for after the end, LOL But whatever floats one's boat ....
 

mbm0912

Hall of Fame
So a sport that celebrates diving and handballs (not to mention another set of rules for one crotchety old manager with 'Sir' in front of his name) should be the moral compass for tennis? LOL!

Novak's celebrations are sincere. No animals are hurt. Don't like it, turn away or change channels.

Exactly. If you're jealous and have man boobs, do some push-ups!
 

Masayoshi

Semi-Pro
Perhaps a better question would be: how do the losing players feel about a given player's celebrations? If the loser is OK with it, then all of us getting up in arms is very ridiculous.

In either case, actual enforced sanctions would be beyond ********, unless they started masturbating with their racket or something.
 
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